Recent Obituaries

Tom Sternal, a prolific and peripatetic sculptor, furniture maker and educator, died on Tuesday, February 17, 2015. He was 71 years old.
Sternal was born and raised in Minneapolis, MN. As a young boy he quickly gravitated to art, becoming a talent
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Linda Rominger Woodard, age 68, of Dutch Creek Extension, the Valle Crucis Community, and formerly of Morganton, passed away Monday February 9, 2015.
Born December 11, 1946 in Avery County, Linda was a daughter of Mildred Smith Rominger Tester and
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Capt. Gilbert Vernon Barrington was born August 24, 1946 in Tyrrell County to Jenny Mae and Gilbert Barrington. He is survived by five sisters. Nelson Cox, Carolyn Cutrell, Selma Watson, Hope Dough & Kathy Spencer. Two daughters and their husbands,
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Mrs. Lucille Hayes Greene, age 92, of Sable Drive, Boone, passed away Saturday afternoon, February 7, 2015 at Glenbridge Health & Rehabilitation, surrounded by her family. Born June 4, 1922 in Watauga County, she was a daughter of the late Tom and Lu
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On February 7, 2015, Everett Edward Cole, age 82, of Vilas, left this earth on his final journey to join his heavenly family. Everett passed away unexpectedly at his daughter’s home in Port St. Lucie Florida where he loved spending winter month’s wi
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